Faculty
Sucharita Gopal
Professor, Geography and Environment & Center for Remote Sensing
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988
Areas of interest: Neural Networks in GIS and Remote Sensing, Spatial analysis and GIS, GIS applications -- business, public health and environment, Computational Modeling of Behavior, Multi-scale modeling, and Information Technology
Office: STO Rm 459
Phone: 617-353-5744
Fax: 617-353-8399
E-mail: suchi@bu.edu
Website: http://people.bu.edu/suchi
Office: STO Rm 459, Center for Remote Sensing
675 Commonwealth Ave., 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02215
Current Research
My research over the last ten years is multi-disciplinary and has dealt with spatial analysis, GIS and artifical neural networks. I have applied spatial analysis to address a variety of problems in biology, environmental science, public health and business. I have also worked on uncertainty issues related to GIS. I have used neural networks for pattern classification, estimation and mixture modeling. My current funded research includes examining spatial determinants of insectivorous bat diversity in Malaysia and multiscale models in remote sensing and GIS. I am affliated to the Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) Technology Laboratory at Boston University. I also do outreach focussed on using spatial thinking and technologies for K-12 education.
Courses Taught
- GG 201 World Regional Geography
- GG 505 GIS
- Spatial analysis and GIS
- Environmental Decision Making
- Economic Geography
- Multivariate Statistics
